Improvement of survival of the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), by placing absorbent paper on the artificial diet after egg seeding and ensuring air permeability of the rearing tray

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-22

  Ohno, Suguru ^a,b   Sasaki, Tomonori ^b   Urasaki, Kimiko ^b   Kohama, Tsuguo ^a,b  

^a OKINAWA PREFECTURAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center Miyakojima   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial rearing; Ipomoea; Quarantine pest; Sterile insect technique; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 76449101718     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2009.13     Document Type: Article

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